skyvue
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Disney bought some chunk of Fox earlier this year, and because Disney owns ESPN, it was decreed that they had to divest themselves of their regional sports networks (read: Fox College Sports), so they sold them to, I think, Sinclair Broadcasting.
And, in a decision that's somehow related to the above, Spectrum, my cable provide, dropped all the Fox College Sports stations 10 days ago, which means that I can't watch all the SoonerSports.TV programs (the Huddle, Sooner Sports Talk, etc.).
That's bad enough, but it also means I lose access to a number of our basketball games this season that are scheduled to air on FSOK. And when I looked into possibly subscribing to SoonerSports.tv, I learned that they are currently not available on Roku (I have no idea why; they used to be), so if I want to subscribe to SSTV, I have to either watch it on my computer (not going to happen) or buy a Fire TV Stick for $50 (plus the $10 a month for SSTV).
I wrote to a couple of folks in the athletic department and they were polite and apologetic, but they didn't really explain what the issue is or when it will be solved (not terribly soon, I assume, since they were vague in discussing the matter).
Media conglomeration is not a good thing, on so many levels.
And, in a decision that's somehow related to the above, Spectrum, my cable provide, dropped all the Fox College Sports stations 10 days ago, which means that I can't watch all the SoonerSports.TV programs (the Huddle, Sooner Sports Talk, etc.).
That's bad enough, but it also means I lose access to a number of our basketball games this season that are scheduled to air on FSOK. And when I looked into possibly subscribing to SoonerSports.tv, I learned that they are currently not available on Roku (I have no idea why; they used to be), so if I want to subscribe to SSTV, I have to either watch it on my computer (not going to happen) or buy a Fire TV Stick for $50 (plus the $10 a month for SSTV).
I wrote to a couple of folks in the athletic department and they were polite and apologetic, but they didn't really explain what the issue is or when it will be solved (not terribly soon, I assume, since they were vague in discussing the matter).
Media conglomeration is not a good thing, on so many levels.